Excerpt from Nordisa an Opera in Three Acts As regards the music the composer has attempted nothing unusual, unless the endeavour to please the general public rather than to educate or astonish them may be so considered. The indispensable local colour has been sought in three instances (the cradle-song and Halling in Act I. And N ordisa's cattle-call in Act II.) by the use of actual Norwegian melodies, but in all other cases merely by an attempted imitation of the Scandinavian style. Should the general result, however, be deemed not so much Norsk as English, the composer will be by no means sorry - nor, perhaps, will the public. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.